WQCS00031_NOV-2021-DV-0425_20211005

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 2219 3105
Return Receipt Requested
Todd Taylor, Executive Director
Orange Water and Sewer Authority
400 Jones Ferry Road
Carrboro, NC 27510-2001
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 05, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0425
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00031
OWASA Collection System
Orange County
Dear Mr. Taylor:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Orange Water and Sewer Authority
indicates violations of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1.
Violations include failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is
no SSO to the land or surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S.
143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required.
Specific incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
202101767 8/16/2021 325 Outfall line at Morgan Other
Creek
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
325 325 Notice of Violation
202101775 8/17/2021 660 1415 Grey Bluff Trail Pipe Failure (Break) 660 660 Notice of Violation
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 138OO Barrett Drive I Raleigh. North Carolina 27609
919.7914200

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
Cc: Regional Office - WQS File
Laserfiche
Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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North Carolina Department of rrr ya,n, enw quality DMs on of water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 13500 Barrett Drive i Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.7934100